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Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital where he holds the Robert F. and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Di Lorenzo has been among the first clinical investigators to assess the diagnostic value of antroduodenal and colonic manometry and to use the electronic barostat to assess visceral sensitivity in children. He co-authored the only two books on pediatric gastrointestinal motility and has published more than 170 peer-reviewed original articles and 80 chapters, invited reviews and editorials. He has been awarded the Master Award in Gastroenterology for Basic or Clinical research in Gastroenterology by the AGAI, the Golden Stethoscope Award by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Award for Senior Investigator in Pediatrics by the IFFGD.

Named multiple times among the “Best Doctors in America," Dr. Di Lorenzo has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. He has functioned as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health and abstract reviewer for the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Dr. Di Lorenzo has also held prominent roles in numerous national and international organizations and work groups, including:
• NASPGHAN President
• Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) subcommittee to develop evaluation and treatment guidelines for functional abdominal pain
• Chair of the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Neurogastroenterology working group of the second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Chair of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS) committee for the development of minimal standards for motility testing in children
• Chair of the Adolescent Committee of the Rome III and Rome IV criteria
• Chair of the Growth, Development and Child Health Section of the American Gastroenterology Association
• Member of the American Board of Pediatrics’ Pediatric Gastroenterology Sub-board
• Member of the Functional GI Disorders and Motility Disorders Working Group of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases (NCDD)
• ANMS Council Secretary
• Member of U.S. News & World Report’s digestive disorders working group for America’s best children’s hospitals